Maginot Collection

Winston Churchill at Croydon Airport, 1939
Churchill leaves his plane at Croydon Airport after flying back from an inspection of the Maginot Line on August 23rd, 1939 - just over a week before the Second World War broke out. Date: 1939

Maginot Line
On ne passe pas ! (They shall not pass !) This magazine cover expresses the touching faith of the French in their western defence, the MAGINOT LINE Date: 1940

Mademoiselle From The Maginot Line
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for Mademoiselle From The Maginot Line, words and music by Al and Bob Harvey, created by Jack Payne and his band, who can be seen in the portrait photograph

Maginot Line fortifications by G. H. Davis
With Asparagus anti-tank defences: Maginot Line fortifications at the start of the Second World War. A typical frontier work, with galleries within a hillside, leading to pill boxes

View of the Fort de Boussois, northern France, WW1
View of the Fort de Boussois, also known as the Fort de Kilmaine, on the Maginot Line in northern France during the First World War. It was built in the 1880s

Theatre of war on Western Front by G. H. Davis
The theatre of war on the Western Front at the start of the Second World War: the region of the Maginot and Siegfried Lines

French Army in the Saarbrucken area, 1939
French soldiers receiving post, with letters being opened on the spot in excitement. Theh French Army depicted here by Sphere special artist, Fortunino Matania in the northern section

View of the Fort de Maulde, northern France, WW1
View of the Fort de Maulde, also known as the Fort de Beurnonville and the Ensemble de Maulde, on the Maginot Line in northern France during the First World War. It was built in the 1880s

Maginot line WWII
First photograph of the British and French together on the Maginot line, preparing to drink a toast to the New Year during World War II

British Observation Post; Second World War, 1940
Drawing showing an advanced Observation Post in the British sector of the Maginot line, March 1940. This observer, using a telescope

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